Disaster Relief Resources:
Communities and Nonprofits

Our Disaster Relief Role

Apply Department expertise and resources to help local administrators assist eligible Texans impacted by disasters.

Provide immediate and short term community service and housing support, and long term affordable housing relief.

Disaster Relief Program Funding

All of TDHCA's disaster relief programs typically do not have designated relief funds, but may provide deobligated or other funds for disaster relief support.

TDHCA’s HOME Disaster Relief Program Funding: HOME program has funds designated for disaster relief activities.

Of TDHCA's total annual HOME Program funding allocation, 95% is reserved for non-participating jurisdictions and 5% is reserved to assist persons with disabilities statewide.

HOME has approximately $500,000 available for disaster relief assistance as of 05/13/14, and will be adding $1 million to the set-aside in the next few months. The Department's practice is to maintain a HOME DR Fund balance of $1 million whenever possible to support impacted households not located in HUD designated Participating Jurisdictions, unless otherwise allowed by the Governor.

As with all TDHCA programs, funding for the Department’s disaster relief activities is subject to availability.

All activities supported through TDHCA funding must follow applicable program rules, including but not limited to eligible applicants, beneficiaries, activities, etc.

Some programs require an application through a Notice of Funding Availability. Read TDHCA’s NOFA page.

Eligible Beneficiaries

Eligible beneficiaries vary by program and are subject to income eligibility, which is typically identified as Area Median Family Income (AMFI). See Income and Rent Limits for details.

Home Rehabilitation, Reconstruction

Eligible Applicants:Units of local government, nonprofit organizations, and Public Housing Authorities

Eligible Activities:Home rehabilitation (up to $40,000 per home), reconstruction (up to $85,000 per home), or replacement of a manufactured housing unit with a manufactured housing unit or a stick-built home (up to $65,000 per home)

Multifamily Housing Development, Rehabilitation

Eligible Activities:Tax credits used to offset the developer's federal tax liability in exchange for the development of affordable rental properties or the rehabilitation of existing properties to maintain affordable rents for an extended period of time

9% HTC: A highly competitive, annual program to which disaster relief points may be applied in the application scoring process (applications accepted December - March). The 9% HTC program may typically provide approximately 70 percent of development costs.

Eligible Activities:Low-interest loans to help finance the development of affordable rental properties or the rehabilitation of existing properties to maintain affordable rents for an extended period of time